Archived Radio Show

April 11, 2022

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA220411

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Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces

2. Vesta Copestakes, Chair, Vacation Rental Committee, Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji (CA Tan Gee) Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court, with Vice President Kamala presiding. The 53-47 vote was along party lines. Shout out to Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who supported the confirmation. Was great to hear the two Republican women voted to confirm her.

Ken and I attended the play Release: Unearthing the Silent Rumblings, a production of Our Lives Matter Theater Company (OLMTC), and directed by Dr. Dianna L. Grayer, at Congregation Ner Shalom. We interviewed Dianna two weeks ago. The vignettes presented all touched us greatly, some more than others, as racial bias and microaggessions were acted out on the stage. After the stage play the audience was invited to sit and discuss what they experienced, prompted by deep questions composed by Dr. Grayer, a practicing psychologist. Don't miss Dianna Grayer's future productions, and check out her books sensitive to this issue of skin color bias..

The Sonoma County Chapter of the League of Women Voters is offering some forums on meeting the candidates. Check out their website for more information. You are invited to join their contingency in the Apple Blossom Parade in Sebastopol on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Receive a free League tee-shirt. The theme is: Protecting Everyone's Right to Vote. See the Announcements below.

2.  Our guest, Vesta Copestakes, demonstrated her belief in community involvement as founder and publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette from 2003 until December 2019, when she sold it to Sonoma Media. Since then, she has become active with the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council (LRRMAC), and is now Chair of the Vacation Rental Committee. Municipal Advisor Councils (MAC) advise the County Supervisors on governance of rural areas and unincorporated towns. Tourist dollars have a large economic impact in Sonoma County, and vacation rentals help draw the tourists. Yet there have been problems experienced in neighborhoods with vacation rentals. Sometimes a majority of the homes in a cul-de-sac have been vacation rentals, which affects the neighborhood. Sometimes renters are not notified of evacuation mandates due to natural disasters like the wildfires we have been experiencing since 2017. These issues are brought up at the Vacation Rental Committee.  A 24-Hour Complaint Hotline is presently under review by the County, which residents can use to report problems with a vacation rental, not hampered by Permit Sonoma being closed over the weekends. A new ordinance for Vacation Rentals is also under review by the Sonoma County Planning Commission and County Counsel. This ordinance applies to unhosted rentals where no responsible party lives on the property. The proposed revision can be seen online at the website of the MAC.

About our Guest: Vesta Copestakes is the former publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette, a community-building publication both in print and online. Vesta owned and published the Sonoma County Gazette from 2003 until December 2019 when she sold the paper to Sonoma Media and the formal announcement was made on December 17, 2019. She believes her mission is to connect people, share knowledge, experiences, and love of our home. Her community service experience includes Forestville Chamber of Commerce (board, vice president, president), Forestville Planning Association (founder and board member), Forestville Education Foundation (founder and board member), Friends of Forestville School (board member), Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Sonoma County (board member). She is a member of the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council and chairs the Vacation Rental Committee, which we will be talking about.

Guest Links:

Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council (LRRMAC) website: http://russianrivermac.org/

Vacation Rental Ordinance Draft Revision: http://russianrivermac.org/2-17-22-update-vacation-rental-ordinance-draft-revision-2-17-22/

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 Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

Herstory Events:

December 5, 1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune creates the National Council of Negro Women.

December 7, 1941 – Capt. Annie Fox receives the first Purple Heart awarded to a woman for her service while under attack at Pearl Harbor.

December 9, 2002 – Award-winning ABC News journalist, Michele Norris, becomes the first African American female regular co-host of National Public Radio’s news magazine, All Things Considered, she stepped down in 2012.

Herstory Birthdays:

April 9, 1917 (2007) – Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, defied bus driver in 1944 who ordered her to give up her seat and move to the segregated back, kicked the sheriff when arrested, Thurgood Marshall won her case (6-1) on grounds of promoting and protecting national travel, awarded Freedom Medal by President Clinton who said she “took the first step on a journey that would change America forever”.

April 10, 1880 (1965) – Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor (1933), key contributor to the Social Security Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

April 10, 1926 (1995) – Johnnie Tillmon, director of the National Welfare Rights Organization (1963-72), worked with Gloria Steinem and Aileen Hernandez on “Women, Welfare and Poverty” at the National Women’s Conference in Houston (1977).

April 10, 1930 – Dolores Huerta, Chicana activist, labor organizer, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union.

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Announcements 

Monday, April 18, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will feature guest Karleen Arnink-Pate on Sonoma Media bringing Winona Duke and Jamie Margolin to speak on environmental awareness, Two Generations - One Common Goal, as part of the the Women in Conversation series.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live/

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Wednesday April 20, 11am, repeat of Monday's show, will feature guest Karleen Arnink-Pate on Sonoma Media bringing Winona Duke and Jamie Margolin to speak on environmental awareness, Two Generations - One Common Goal, as part of the the Women in Conversation series.; Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA.

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Saturday, April 23, 2022, 8 AM to Noon, Protecting Everyone's Right to Vote theme for the League of Women Voters contingent marching in the Apple Blossom Parade in Sebastopol. Join the LWV marchers and get a free LWV teeshirt. Assemble at 8 AM at Analy High School in Sebastopol.
You can sign up at: at the Leagues website.    Questions? Contact Donna Roper at President@lwvsonoma.org

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Monday, April 18, 7 to 8:30pm, NOW Sonoma County Chapter Planning Meeting, via Zoom. Note that the meeting day has been changed to the 3rd Monday. Hold the date! Meet our candidates for Superintendent of Sonoma County Schools, Amie Carter, Brad Coscarelli, and Ron Calloway!
For details see http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html

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Ongoing Events:

January 22 - June 5, 2022, Exhibition, Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Sonoma County Museum, for more information visit: https://museumsc.org/exhibitions/

February 5, 2022 ongoing exhibition, Chinese Traditions in Santa Rosa, 1890-2022, Year of the Tiger, Sonoma County Museum, for more information visit: https://museumsc.org/exhibitions/

February 19 - May 29, 2022, Exhibition, Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams (The Japanese American Internment Camp during WWII), Sonoma County Museum, for more information visit: https://museumsc.org/exhibitions/

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 at    and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021  at .

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Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show